Job 38 ~ 40

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38:1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, Compare
38:2Who is this who darkens counsel / By words without knowledge? Compare
38:3Gird up now your loins like a mighty man; / For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me. Compare
38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? / Tell Me, if you have understanding. Compare
38:5Who set its measurements-if you know? / Or who stretched the measuring line over it? Compare
38:6Onto what were its bases sunk, / Or who laid its cornerstone, Compare
38:7When the morning stars sang together / And all the sons of God shouted for joy? Compare
38:8And who hedged in the sea with doors / When it burst forth, issuing from the womb, Compare
38:9When I made clouds its clothing / And deep darkness its swaddling clothes, Compare
38:10And I broke out My boundaries for it / And set up bars and doors, Compare
38:11And I said, To here you shall come and no farther, / And here shall your proud waves be stopped? Compare
38:12Have you ever commanded the morning since your days began? / Have you ever caused the dawn to know its place, Compare
38:13So that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, / And the wicked might be shaken out of it? Compare
38:14The earth is changed like clay under a seal, / And all things on it stand forth like a garment. Compare
38:15And from the wicked their light is withheld, / And the high arm is broken. Compare
38:16Have you entered into the springs of the sea, / Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep? Compare
38:17Have the gates of death been revealed to you, / Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? Compare
38:18Have you comprehended the full expanse of the earth? / Declare it, if you know it all. Compare
38:19Where is the way to the dwelling of the light? / And the darkness, where is its place, Compare
38:20That you may take it to its boundary, / And that you may perceive the paths to its house? Compare
38:21You know, for you were born then, / And the number of your days is great. Compare
38:22Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow, / Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, Compare
38:23Which I have reserved for the day of calamity, / For the day of battle and of war? Compare
38:24Where is the way to the place where the light is divided, / To the place where the east wind scatters upon the earth? Compare
38:25Who cut a channel for the rain torrent, / Or a way for the thunderbolt, Compare
38:26To make it rain on a land where no man is, / On a wilderness in which there is no man; Compare
38:27To satisfy the waste and desolate land / And to cause the shoots of grass to sprout? Compare
38:28Does the rain have a father? / Or who begot the drops of dew? Compare
38:29From whose womb does the ice come forth? / And the frost of heaven, who gave birth to it? Compare
38:30The waters hide themselves and become like stone, / And the surface of the deep is frozen. Compare
38:31Can you fasten the bands of the Pleiades, / Or loosen the cords of Orion? Compare
38:32Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? / Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs? Compare
38:33Do you know the laws of the heavens? / Do you establish their rule on the earth? Compare
38:34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, / So that a flood of water would cover you? Compare
38:35Can you send forth lightnings, so that they would go / And say to you, Here we are? Compare
38:36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, / Or given understanding to the mind? Compare
38:37Who can number the clouds by wisdom, / Or who can tip over the water jars of heaven, Compare
38:38When the dust runs into a mass / And the clods stick together? Compare
38:39Can you hunt prey for the lioness, / Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, Compare
38:40When they crouch in their dens, / When they lie in wait in the thicket? Compare
38:41Who provides for the raven its prey / When its young ones cry out to God / And wander about for lack of food? Compare
39:1Do you know the time when the mountain goats bring forth? / Can you mark the time when the hinds calve? Compare
39:2Can you number the months that they must fulfill? / Or do you know the time when they bring forth? Compare
39:3They crouch down; they give birth to their young ones; / They send forth their offspring. Compare
39:4Their young become strong; they grow up in the open field; / They go forth and do not return to them. Compare
39:5Who has sent out the wild ass free? / Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass, Compare
39:6Whose home I have made the wilderness, / And the salt land, his dwelling place? Compare
39:7He scorns the tumult of the city; / He does not hear the shouts of the driver. Compare
39:8He searches out the mountains for his pasture / And seeks after every green thing. Compare
39:9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you / Or spend the night by your manger? Compare
39:10Can you bind the wild ox to the furrows with his ropes? / Or will he plow the valleys behind you? Compare
39:11Will you trust in him because his strength is great? / Or will you leave your labor to him? Compare
39:12Will you have confidence in him that he will bring in your seed / And gather your grain to your threshing floor? Compare
39:13The wings of the ostrich flap joyously: / Are they the pinion and plumage of lovingkindness? Compare
39:14For she leaves her eggs on the earth / And warms them in the dust. Compare
39:15And she forgets that a foot may crush them / Or that an animal of the field may trample them. Compare
39:16She is hard with her children, as if they were not hers; / Though her labor may be in vain, she has no fear; Compare
39:17Because God has caused her to forget wisdom / And has not appointed understanding to her. Compare
39:18At that time when she lifts herself up on high, / She scorns the horse and its rider. Compare
39:19Have you given the horse his might? / Have you clothed his neck with the quivering mane? Compare
39:20Have you made him to leap like a locust? / His majestic snorting is terrible. Compare
39:21He paws in the valley, / And he rejoices in his strength; / He goes forth to meet weapons. Compare
39:22He laughs at fear and is not dismayed, / And he does not turn back from the sword. Compare
39:23A quiver of arrows rattles against him, / The flashing spear and the javelin. Compare
39:24With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground, / And he is cannot stand stilled at the sound of the trumpet. Compare
39:25As often as the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! / And from afar he smells the battle, / The thundering of captains and the shouting. Compare
39:26Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, / Stretching his wings to the south? Compare
39:27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up / And makes his nest on high? Compare
39:28On the cliff he dwells and makes his lodging, / Upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold. Compare
39:29From there he spies out food; / His eyes gaze on it from afar. Compare
39:30And his young ones suck up the blood; / And where the slain are, there he is. Compare
40:1And Jehovah answered Job and said, Compare
40:2Shall one who finds fault contend with the Almighty? / Let him who argues with God answer it. Compare
40:3Then Job answered Jehovah and said, Compare
40:4Indeed, I am worthless. What shall I reply to You? / I lay my hand over my mouth. Compare
40:5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; / And twice, and I will proceed no further. Compare
40:6And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, Compare
40:7Gird up now your loins like a mighty man; / For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me. Compare
40:8Will you indeed annul My judgment? / Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified? Compare
40:9Or do you have an arm like God's, / And can you thunder with a voice like His? Compare
40:10Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency, / And array yourself with honor and splendor. Compare
40:11Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, / And look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him. Compare
40:12Look upon everyone who is proud; bring him down; / And tread down the wicked where they stand. Compare
40:13Hide them in the dust together; / Bind their faces in the hidden place. Compare
40:14Then even I will praise you, / That your own right hand can save you. Compare

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